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Almost 12 months ago, @elidoo and I did this little thing to raise money for the NCLR to support their campaign to end conversion therapy in the US.

It was an amazing fundraising effort. The Dragon Age fandom showed just how giving it can be, and we smashed our goal of raising over $3000 in less than 2 months.

But LGBT communities around the world are still facing ongoing discrimination, inequality, and oppression. And we can do so much more. So here we are, after months of planning and hard work with a team of incredible artists…. We are super proud and excited to announce

Fortitudo: the Dorian Pavus #BornPerfect art book.

Close to 40 artists came together to make this limited-edition art book, available exclusively through our Generosity fundraiser page.

With the next DA game on the horizon, Fortitudo is themed around ‘Dorian Pavus in Tevinter: In Times Past and Future’.

Over 70 pages of beautifully illustrated art, comics, and interviews, bound in a 8.5x11′ hardcover, this art book is a stunning addition to any Dragon Age fan’s bookshelf.

We aim to raise over $10,000USD before Christmas, with all proceeds split equally between the National Center for Lesbian Rights, to support their efforts to permanently end conversion therapy in the US, and the Russian LGBT Network, an interregional NGO that has been working to get gay/bi men targeted by the anti-gay purge safely out of Chechnya.

There are awesome bundles, pins and stickers and prints, and commission rewards available. And did I mention every physical copy comes with a gorgeous bookmark, specially designed by the ever-so-talented @mureh?

Fortitudo is a celebration of Dorian Pavus, a character who has inspired so many with his bravery and passion for freedom. A must-have for fans, this art book is for sale only as a pre-order through our fundraiser.

So do not delay! Head over to the Generosity page and pledge now to pick up a copy and support this very worthy cause!

unbfacts

Man of the moment Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels. The 38-year-old decided to hand over the money to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters - the costume and special effects teams.

drst

*fistbump*

bitchwhoyoukiddin

Confirmed. He’s also dumped millions into cancer research. I really do love Keanu Reeves a lot.

fluffy-overlord

Keanu Reeves is like the nicest person. He still lives in an apartment/flat and he gives most of his money away to charities and people who need it. He even invites some paparazzi people to sit down and eat with him when he’s at a coffee shop or restaurant. He’s such a nice person.

utf2005

airspaniel

When I was working on the UWS, one of my delivery guys accidentally backed his scooter into a parked car in front of the restaurant. I went out to help, since the driver didn’t speak much English, and it turned out the car belonged to Keanu Reeves. He helped us pick the scooter up, and when I asked if we could exchange insurance information (because the front of the car was pretty banged up), he kept telling us not to worry about it and put his hand on the driver’s shoulder and said “I just want to make sure you’re okay, man. Are you okay?” And he was so sincere about it and so kind that I decided in that moment I would always defend Keanu Reeves at all costs. He is an excellent man.

jehovahhthickness

I need to be more like Keanu Reeves because I’m evil compared to him.

putmeincoach

“Next few centuries”

Keanu dropping hints that he is an immortal.

sunquark

i love keanu reeves

holdtightposts

My wife and I were dining at Nobu’s in Honolulu and sitting across from us was Keanu or at least I thought it was. We kept talking about whether it was him or not and finally, I decided to throw some old school Bill & Ted at him.

I stood up and threw my arms up into the motion of an air guitar, my wife is begging me to sit back down, and I pointed at the guy who may be Keanu Reeves, and said, “Most Excellent.”

He stood up and did it back at me. Then we both had a moment and pointed at each other. I sent him another of whatever it was he was drinking. It was a cucumber sake martini. That was the end of it.

Or so I thought.

He left before we finished our meal. By the time we were done, dessert came that we didn’t order. We thought, “oh, must be compliments of the chef.” Then the bill never came. When we asked for it, our waitress said Keanu Reeves took care of it.

IT WAS REALLY HIM. And he left a note. It said, “thanks for the refresh. Keanu.”

When I finally saw him again years later, because of work. I brought it up. Then he air guitar and said, “most excellent. I remember. At Nobu’s. Thanks for the drink.” We chatted a bit and I got an autograph for my mum because she’s a huge Keanu fan. Then that was that.

What a moment.

50shadesofyodaddysdick

An angel

elusianknight

And he does a lot of anti human trafficking work iirc. Seems like a really awesome guy.

missshirley

Back when I first moved to NYC, I got a job as a theater usher. We were all young, 18-20 or so, and it was heavily impressed upon us that we needed to treat the theatergoers with TOTAL respect at ALL times or risk our jobs. As such, we were all totally underprepared for the drunk guy who tried to steal a bottle of wine from the lobby bar during intermission. We were trying to politely get the bottle back, but he was growing loud and belligerent. Since the second act was now starting, this was a countdown to all of us being in trouble.

Then Keanu walks up. Calmly charms the guy. Slips the usher behind the bar cash to cover the bottle, without the guy even noticing, and walks him back in to his seat like it’s a normal thing he does every day. He didn’t know the guy, didn’t know any of us, but effortlessly deescalated the situation and quite probably saved some jobs that night.

Just a wandering do-gooder, this man.

walkingoutintherain

#everything i’ve ever heard anecdotally about keanu reeves #further convinces me that he is the chillest immortal #like he’s probably just spent centuries donating blood instead of drinking it (via @revolutionarygirlshati)

paintedcowboy

@curvethemoonshine

doctor-roman

@exploding-catnip-pouches

ladyartanis

Are we going to talk about how scary being the Inquisitor is for a Lavellan or…?

I mean, the more and more I play this game, the more the Chantry shit is terrifying. Over and over again, you see painful and irrefutable evidence about the shit humans did to elves in the name of the Maker. The Exalted Plains(I consistently call it Dirthavaren you don’t like it fight me bitch) Like I think the entire fandom can agree on fuck that bitch sister Amity. The Chantry crusades destroyed what was left of the elves, destroyed them. Mind, body and soul. Like be honest, there aren’t many Dalish clans left and each time a new game/book comes around, another one bites the dust. It’s so easy to lose your clan in Inquisiton and even easier to accidentally kill off Marethari’s. Hell, you can choose to kill Zathrian’s. The Dalish are dying out, either way you slice it.

Then suddenly a hole rips open in the sky and everybody thinks Lavellan did it. It destroys the Conclave…don’t tell me for one second that the humans didn’t immediately start developing an ‘elves and vengeance and antiMaker conspiracy theory’. The ‘remain silent’ dialogue option in that first interaction isn’t a stoic ‘I don’t give a fuck’ to me, it’s more of a ‘whatever I say doesn’t matter I’m already dead’. And the horror is knowing that they wont just kill you, they’ll call for a bloodbath on elves across Thedas.

“For the elves were guilty of the greatest sin, of turning from the Maker.”

You’ve damned them all and you can’t even remember how or why. For a First, it must be terrifying to realize even if you try to diplomatically talk your way out of it, they’ll never believe you. As a hunter, you know it’s hopeless. All you can do is throw yourself forward as the villain, claim that whatever happens you acted alone and take as many of these shems out with you as you can.

“Whatever you think I did, I’m innocent!”

But then they believe you(barely, like thank the Creators the Lavellan clan taught you how to talk to humans civilly and not panic) but it’s basically a hostage situation. There’s one other elf with you and even if he’s not Dalish thank Mythal because shit you were scared and you’re still scared but at least it’s something. His name is ‘Pride’. You take it as a sign from the Creators that it’s not time to give up yet. Suledin, you think.

There is an orb, a weapon that caused this. Solas tells you it’s elven and your heart sinks.

“Eventually, the humans will find a way to blame elves…”

You become Inquisitor and things are a little better but the humans call you Herald of Andraste. You don’t believe in their Maker but none of them care. You know your clan would feel betrayed, think you’ve given up your gods. You haven’t of course but the terror is there…what if the gods think you’ve given up the gods? You talk to Cassandra and Leliana, trying to understand the human chantry and maybe figure out a way for your two beliefs to coexist. You realize it wont help, Cassandra talks about spreading the Maker’s word to all corners of Thedas…you remember the lonely howls of the wolves across Dirthavaren. You know what 'spreading the Makers word’ means. Leliana at least acknowledges what the Chantry did, but she dismisses it with words. All those lives and hopes and dreams dismissed with the words ‘that hate won’t just go away if you dissolve the Chantry’. You understand what she really means, though. She’s saying that the hate will never go away, not until the elves are just like humans. She says she wants elves to be part of the chantry and you try not to taste bile in the back of your throat when you think of what that means.

“My father says humans are like weeds that choke out the grass…”

Sorry, sometimes I get deep in Dalish feels and need to express them…

#instant reblog

dakkun39

thevirdirthara

The Inquisitor Project

It’s finally done! So this was the mystery project I was asking Inquisitor volunteers for, a mosaic of Inquisitor representing the character of the Inquisitor!

I ended up making two versions, in case anyone wanted one with just the title of the game. Each one is made up out of the portraits of a lot of Inquisitors, if you want to see up close or want to download the full sized version (because tumblr downsizes images), click here for the first version, and here for the second.

I might actually replace the cover of my copy because it annoys me so much that the marked hand on the cover is the wrong hand!

Thanks to everyone who participated!

The full list and some more details after the read more!

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#i love this so much

syberfab

Practice

spicyshimmy-blog

anders’s body type is something i spend a lot of time thinking about and i swear it’s not just for obvious reasons. i always imagine him as softer, maybe broader, in awakening, because he comes straight from circle life, where mages are taken out for walkies occasionally but there isn’t much real, ranged exercise; the meals come regularly and they’re probably decent—save for when you’re spending a year in solitary. he’s more physically matured when he pops up for the first time, i think, with a bit more muscle in his arms than before that year in solitary, sinew earned and sinew wasted—and also, he has to have strong arms to spelunk down the side of the tower with a rope made of sheets and senior enchanters’ smalls, which i always imagine him doing—but there’s comfort there. he has a comfortable body, not a warrior’s frame but not necessarily the leanest of mages, either. he’s somewhere in-between, which to be honest is what anders has a habit of defaulting to. somewhere in-between.

at that point in his life, it suits him.

but the coat in da2 is heavy. his arms are so lithe, so slim when he holds one up in the darktown clinic to ask why do you threaten it, and while i always liked the idea of slightly barrel-chested or barrel-bellied anders, i think so much of it is a trick of the light, a trick of the padding. some animals puff themselves up with feathers or fur and anders fills himself out with the former, broadening his shoulders, making himself seem bigger than he really is. the fabric is thick. there are all these buckles to hold it together. and anders is a man not diminished in every way, a man not worn away to nothing, but a body that has been, because he puts the needs of that body aside. meals forgotten—sandwiches offered in earnest, though it seems like a joke at the time—and hard work, little sleep, ceaseless movement; anders is always digging his heels in, trying to keep the line from being pushed back more and more, running apostates through kirkwall’s sewers to free them from the city of their chains. each muscle is harder now. the sinew is truly earned. whatever in-between comfort he had before is no longer his life; he no longer lives it or in it. (and hawke never gets to know what anders’s butt used to look like. …of course, this is all raging headcanon.)

but it’s body studies like these that really bring that physicality of a character, his stages, his progression, his changes, home to me. it gives them tangible form, something i can look at and say oh that’s how that muscle moves and look at those slimmer arms, tucked away into a lover’s hold. and i love how much character his body has, how much thought put into the way the muscles move, how thick they are. this feels like a life in stages, a character arc as told through sheer physical progression. i love it.

syberfab

reblogging for fantastic shimmy commentary ;;

thefernhands

If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

My friend is embarrassed and thinks she’s the only one and I said id prove her wrong.

squirrellygirlart

30, I have a giant stuffed crocodile the length of my queen bed, a giant Ladybug (cause I’m extra) and a reversible pillow animal! *other assorted stufft animale and pillows also present) Don’t tell me how to adult!

#bless this post

honor-strength-passion

Dunno if it’s already been done but when Hawke isn’t home

I like to imagine they make it look like it’s been very dull when s/he gets back to the estate but they’re really having adventures

DA 92/100

felassan

FAV

crystalvfae

she’s got more booty to plunder

eleplay

also don’t forget to wash your socks

pon-ee-reblogs

BIOWARE TELL ME YOU DIDN’T NAME THIS COMET JAR OF BEES

the-queen-of-thedas

I love Bioware

mica-sky

I truly believe Dorian is a fennec person in secret.

And my point is: I’ve seen people saying that Dorian might be a cat person, BUT. Why cats, when in Inquisition we got this little cute fluffy thigs called fennec running around? They are just too precious for this world!

Support me in this noble cause! Spread the word! XD

tutuja

The Lovers

I feel like the beautifully tailored hell that is Solavellan is started on a road where there are only two outcomes really, and none of them are pretty or happy. This romance was tragic from the start, and I think that is why it resonates with so many people. It is well written, well acted, deep and hurting.

The Inquisitor’s body is broken after the anchor, both literally and figuratively, and a developing conflict pushes her farther into despair. Solas rallied the elves to fight for themselves, but even if they win (which will cost most of their lives) Solas will unleash hell (meaning the fade) and they are doomed either way. Fen’harel is making the same mistake he made centuries ago, and Lady Lavellan is unable to reason with his beloved. So she has to make a hard, heart wrenching choice: abandon the elves to save everyone else, and fight against them, her kind and their new leader. This is the final blow,( her clans death, the Inquisition (and its disbanding), Coryphyshit, Solas, the Anchor, Loosing her arm and many more being the other “blows”) In the end she can’t compete with a God, a fully recovered Dread Wolf, and she dies, not directly by Solas’s hand but by his and her choices. Solas doomed the only person he loved with his stubbornness, and even when he is mourning, he knows this outcome is the most profitable for him, and this hurts him even more. Deep down in his heart, he knew this is how it would end, knew from the beginning, and now that it happened, he feels pain, but in the mean time he again gained equilibrium and a peace of mind, he never would have gained as long as Lavellan lives, and he hates himself for that.

Sorry for the rambling ^^” Enjoy~

hapless-hollow

Source Unknown

My Personal Edit

garagriffon

“I’m used to people staring at the 6 and a half foot tall oxwoman, don’t worry about me. Just concerned about the effect this will have on your reputation with your troops.”

“I’m not. Let them talk.”

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Stressful week at work requires unwinding with silly wildly-OOC fluff. Heavily inspired by this delightful post. Cullen does much the same thing when an Adaar asks him to sneak away to the battlements. The kissing in broad daylight, completely out in the open thing would be conspicuous enough, but frequently planting his face in the Inquisitor’s chest would likely invite all kinds of ….. input from the people down below

broodygaming

Alright serious talk

Do u think Fenris snorts when he laughs really hard?

starla-nell

Yes, yes I do.

theoxfordcommando

Fun fact: this is all I’m going to be thinking about until the end of time.

simplytheanthropic

My all time favorite animal. The red-bearded vulture.

The bearded vulture, or lammergeier, lives on a steady diet of bones (more specifically the marrow) and dyes its own feathers blood red.

Bearded vultures come in various shades, from pure white to orange-red. Soils stained with iron oxide give the birds their fiery appearance. Lammergeiers apply the dirt with their claws and then preen for about an hour to ensure a bright orange/red glow. They are also attracted to other red things, like leaves and red wood. Captive birds also partake in this behavior, which suggests the activity is instinctual, not learned.

The soil doesn’t have any practical purposes; it certainly doesn’t make for good camouflage (though the birds have no natural predators anyway). Scientists have noticed that the birds’ age and size are directly correlated to the intensity of color. It is theorized that the hue is a status symbol. More soiled feathers indicates that the lammergeier had the time and resources to find an adequate place to bathe; the brightest-colored vultures should have the most territory and knowledge of their surroundings. Interestingly, these baths are done in secret, so most of the information gathered has been through spying on captive birds.

Bearded Vultures are most commonly monogamous, and breed once a year. Sometimes, especially in certain areas of Spain and France, bachelor lammergeiers will join a pre-existing couple to create a polyandrous trio. Females accept secondary mates because it increases the chances of producing offspring and doubles her protection. The birds usually don’t lay more than three eggs, so they can use all the help they can get.

These giant birds can grow up to 4 feet tall. They have a wingspan between 7 and 9 feet and usually weigh around 10 to 15 pounds.

In other words, this bird is awesome and I love it forever.

currentsinbiology

That is one impressive bird!

scurvgirl

@feynites

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